Laura Flessel-Colovic

About Laura Flessel-Colovic

• Laura Flessel-Colovic is one of France's great fencers. Dubbed La guêpe (The wasp), due to her unique way of attacking her opponents' feet, she is a double Olympic champion, six-time world champion, one-time European champion, with many other team titles to her name.
  
• Laura is currently the French athlete to have won the most medals at the Olympic Games (5 medals). Having qualified for her fifth and final Olympic Games in London, she was France's flag-bearer during the opening and closing ceremonies.
  
• Laura is also a politically active woman with strong values. In 2009, she notably won, the Marcel Rudloff Prize for Tolerance.
  

Laura Flessel-Colovic Achievements

Honours

Summer Olympics:

• Gold Medal in individual épée in 1996
  
• Gold Medal in team épée in 1996
  
• Silver Medal in individual épée in 2004
  
• Bronze Medal in individual épée in 2000
  
• Bronze Medal in team épée in 2004
  

World Championships:

Gold Medal in individual épée in 1998

Gold Medal in team épée in 1998

Gold Medal in individual épée in 1999

Gold Medal in team épée in 2005

Gold Medal in team épée in 2008

Silver Medal in team épée in 1995

Silver Medal in individual épée in 2001

Silver Medal in team épée in 2006

Bronze Medal in individual épée in 1995

Bronze Medal in team épée in 1997

Bronze Medal in individual épée in 2005

Bronze Medal in individual épée in 2006

World Cup Fencing:

World Cup winner individual épée in 2002 and 2003

World Cup runner-up individual épée in 1997